“John Ioannidis is perhaps best known for a 2005 paper “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.” One of the most highly cited researchers in the world, Ioannidis, a professor at Stanford, has built a career in the field of meta-research. Earlier this month, he published a heartfelt and provocative essay in the the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology titled “Evidence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked: A Report to David Sackett.” In it, he carries on a conversation begun in 2004 with Sackett, who died last May and was widely considered the father of evidence-based medicine. We asked Ioannidis to expand on his comments in the essay, including why he believes he is a “failure.”
Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process “Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked:” A confession from John Ioannidis (Author interview by Retraction Watch)
Posted by saviorteam in Research Integrity on March 17, 2016
Keywords: Analysis, Authorship, Biomedical, Breaches, Clinical trial, Conflicts of interest, Controversy/Scandal, Fraud, Honesty, Medical research, Publication ethics, Research integrity, Research Misconduct, Research results
Keywords: Analysis, Authorship, Biomedical, Breaches, Clinical trial, Conflicts of interest, Controversy/Scandal, Fraud, Honesty, Medical research, Publication ethics, Research integrity, Research Misconduct, Research results
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